The Arizona Coyotes announced big changes to their front office today, as the team fired assistant coach Newell Brown and Tucson Roadrunners general manager Doug Soetaert, while declining to renew the contracts of professional scouts Jim Roque and David Maclean.
Coyotes GM John Chayka said in a team released statement, “I’d like to thank Newell, Dough, David, and Jim for their contributions to the club. They are all good people but we believe these changes are necessary in order to improve our organization.”
The team also said in the statement that they “will immediately begin a search to replace these positions.